Chapter One The Moose Family of
Family Trees on Ancestry.com
(One World Tree)1,2,3, indicated that the
Moose Family came from
In the Records of the Egypt Reformed Church in Lehigh County
there is the birth of Jacob Mussgenug on 29 Jan 1786.
His parents were David and Anna Maria.
Beginning with John Moose Sr.9, 10
Investigation of John Moose
Sr. and his children begins with comments by Monroe County Genealogist, Catherine F. Fedorchak,
who wrote about John Moose Sr.9
in 1970. She stated that John Moose Sr. was in the war of 1812 and his grave
marker is in one of the three Moose Ridge Cemeteries. John was stationed at Ft.
Meigs* in Maumee, Ohio and after 3 or 4 months he was
granted a leave for 20 to 30 days as he was not sure how much time would be
required. While on leave he became ill and was shown in several muster sheets
as AWOL. However, this was later resolved by written deposition by Thomas Floid (Floyd). This deposition was submitted along with a
hand written leave of absence to the Auditor’s office in 1824 or 1825 so that
John Sr. could collect back wages. John’s enlistment began on 13 Sept.1813 and
ran for 6 months. He was a private under the command of Capt. John Howell in
Col. John Delong’s regiment10.
The Woods-Bettridge
Family Tree1 on Ancestry.com states that John Sr. was married twice.
His first wife, Mary Ann, was the mother of Jacob, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary Ann,
John Jr., Sabina, Sarah and probably George.
His second wife Rachel was the mother of Henry H., Martha and Emily.
Mary Ann is reported to have died in 1836. John died on 10 Aug 1841 and his
wife Rachel died on 14 Feb 1846. A bill granting land to the soldiers of the
War of 1812 was passed on 28 Sept 1850 after John Sr. had died. At this time
John Moose Jr. had himself appointed as guardian of the minor children of John
Sr. and Rachel in order to apply for benefits which were due them9. The minor children were Henry, Martha and
Emily2. These are supposedly the children of John and Rachel per
Woods-Bettridge. John Moose Sr. was born in
*
**As already mentioned, there still
remains a degree of uncertainty as to whether John Moose Sr. is a direct
ancestor of Clifford Moose or possibly a granduncle. Dick Moose’s opinion was
also published in a book, ”
The
first to immigrate to
John Moose Sr. is considered by many to be the
ancestor of the Moose Families who settled in Wayne Township, Monroe County and
the Great-grandfather of Clifford Moose, however to the best of my knowledge,
there is only strong circumstantial evidence concerning this relationship and
no concrete proof has been found. I will present the all evidence for this
conclusion in the following pages.
I have also been unable to find
any records that make the clear connection between John Moose Sr. and Jacob Mussgenug. Several unknown sources on Ancestry.com’s, One
World Tree, believe this relationship as well as the Herche,
Harkey, Herge and Harcha Trees3 and Woods Bettridge1,
all on Ancestry.com. John Moose Jr’s.Death Cert and his brother Jacob’s Death Cert list John Moose Sr. and Mary Ann
as their parents. Unfortunately George’s parents are not listed on his Death
Certification.
The Children of John Moose Sr.1 (Mary Ann
and John Sr.)
Children: Born
Joseph 12 Jan
1800 in MD
George 1 March 1804
in Greene Co., PA. or
John Jr*. 30 May 1806 in
PA.
Jacob* 23 Oct 1808
in Greene Co., PA. Census
states that he was born in VA11.
Mary Ann Abt 1814
Sabina Abt 1820
Sarah Abt 1819 Ohio
Census information
* Verified as brothers and sons of John Sr. and Mary
Ann by Death Cert. Information
An un-named site on
Ancestry.com adds another child to the family of John and Mary Ann7.
His name is Lewis. No birth date is
listed. John Sr. and Rachel, his second wife, had three children.
Rachel and
John Sr.7
Henry 1836 in
Martha 2 March 1838
in
Emily 1841 in
In the 1820 Census of Wayne Township, Belmont County, John Moose
is between the age of 25 and 45 and has one son 10-15 (Jacob, John Jr.), one
son 16-18 (John Jr.or George), and one son 18-25
(Joseph). He has 3 daughters under 10, (Mary Ann, Sarah and Sabina), one female
18 to 26 (Elizabeth) and one female 25-45 (wife). This is apparently John Moose
Sr. and one son is missing (George, 10-15 or 16-18?). There should be two sons
10-15. The three females under 10 are also not accounted for in the family tree
on ancestry.com. One tree states that there were two daughters, Sabina and
Sarah, and a son, Lewis but this is also not consistent with the 1820 census
information. . From death certs we know that John Jr.
and Jacob list their parents as John and Mary Ann. This could be considered
evidence that George is not the son of John Moose Sr.
Furthermore, Connie Koniski174 furnished the following information
and theories from the 1830 census of
1830 Census
Belmont Co. Wayne Twp. Ohio, George Moose Head
Males under 5 - 2 ( Unknown but proposed to be-Ithamer 1829 & Archimedes 1826)
Males 20 - 30 - 1 (George)
Females under 5 - 1 (Proposed to be, Arthemia 1828)
Females 20 - 30
- 1 (Fits Martha)
This census tells us that George and Martha were
married before 1830 and already had three children that are not accounted for
but proposed to be as shown above.
1840 Census George Moose head
Belmont Co. Wayne Twp. Ohio
Males under 5 - 1 (Joseph born 1838)
Males 5 & under 10 - 1 (proposed to be, Jacob
1833)
Males 10 & under 15 - 2 (proposed to b, Ithamer* & Archimedes*)
Males 30 & under 40 - 1 (George)
Females 5 & under 10 - 1 (Arsula
(Ursula))
Females 10 & under 15 - 1 (proposed to be Arthemia*)
Females 30 & under 40 - 1 (Martha)
* These three children are
possibly members of this family. They later appear in
These census listings for George Moose for
1830 and 1840 show that it might be logical to assume that Ithamer,
Archimedes and Arthemia were members of George’s
family even though direct evidence has
not been found. What we do know is that George Moose had six young people
living with his family in 1840 and only two are accounted for in 1850. Around
1850 four possible young Moose family members, Jacob, Ithamer,
Archimedes and Arthemia appear in
Also, Connie Koniski174 cited Marriages recorded in “Belmont
County Marriages 1803 – 1900”.
Jacob Moose -
Iven W. Moose - (Mrs.) Belinda Williams 4 Jul 1858
Isreal Moore - Elizabeth Moose 12 Jun 1821
Joseph
Moose - Sarah Creighton 29 Nov 1825
Absolom Williams
- Arthema Moose 5 May 1845
Archimedes Moose - Sarah Awler 8 Feb 1848
In 1840 in Wayne Township in Belmont Co. John Moose ( John Sr.) has this family consistent with ages and names
in later census results:
One male
under 5 (Henry H.)
One male 5-10 (Lewis?)
One male 60-70 (John Sr.)
One female under 5 (Martha)
One female
10-15 (?)
One female 30-40 Rachel
However, in 1830 in
One male 6- 10
Two males 20-30
One male 40-50
Two females 10-15
One female 40-50
In 1840
One male under 5 (Amon)
One male 40-50 (Joseph)
Two
females under 5 (Rebecca and Pernina)
Two females 5-10 (Elizabeth and
Maria)
Two females 10-15 (Mary and
Sarah)
One female 30-40 (Sarah)
In 1840 John Moose is in
Two males 6-10(not accounted
for in 1850)
One male
30-40(John Jr.)
One female 30-40(Emily)*
* Daughter Emily Jane not
accounted for in 1840.
In 1840 in Center Township, Monroe County, Jacab Moose has the following Family
One Male 6-10 (
One Male 30-40(Jacab)
Unaccounted for in 1840;
Catherine (wife) 20-30 and Elizabeth and Emily (0-5)
From all of these data, I
have found no concrete evidence that George Moose was the son of John Sr.
Moose. In fact the one missing male 10-15 in John Sr.’s family in 1820 is
puzzling.
We also seem to add
circumstantial evidence which leads to the fact that there were several other
members of George Moose’s Family that may have moved to
The Death, Birth and Marriage
Records of Monroe County are available through the Monroe County Genealogical
Society in
For this history, I will
assume that Geroge is the son of John Moose Sr.,
since he certainly is of the correct age to be a son of John Sr. He also
appears in Belmont County in the same area as John Sr., and moved to the same
area of Monroe county around the same time as the known sons of John Sr.
Finally, I could not trace any other family that George could have been a
member of that were located in the Belmont County of Monroe County areas.
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